Must Have add-ons for Mozilla Firefox

Do you love Mozilla Firefox Internet browser? I’m going to tell you about some exceptional add-ons which will enhance your Firefox experience ranging from faster speed to ease of use. Firefox happens to be my favourite browser and I’ll be listing my favourite add-ons; please feel free to mention some of yours. You may get the latest updates of Firefox here.

This is an essential element for smoother browsing experience. It enables you to hide those annoying ads whether it be flash ads or pop ups. Team it up with Element hiding helper and you get a deadly combo. It can block any ads. You can even select certain sections of text and add it as rule for Adblock Plus.

I would like to mention certain points of internet ethics here. Adblock by default blocks ads from all domains, i.e. it doesn’t cares which site you’re on and blocks all ads it can. This has caused debates with many people believing that Adblock should be blocked, since there are many people who depend on these ads for their living. They provide some earnings so that they may pay for the server bills and help provide better material to the users. Many bloggers, writers and businessmen depend on these ads to develop their careers.

Now banning the software isn’t a solution. It’s up to your discretion, you may block all ads (too cruel) or help contribute to the author (consider it a ‘thank you’ to the author). You may follow what I do; I don’t set Adblock to block all the ads, instead I use the Element hiding helper to block ads when it’s beyond my patience. Please feel free to block misguiding ads and those nasty pop-ups. Remember,”With great powers comes great responsibilities.”

This provides with an added status bar at the bottom of the screen. It shows the percentage of file loaded, time taken, speed and the size of file. It helps you in identifying lighter sites or your download speed.

A very light and easy to use tool. It takes some time getting used to but this will greatly increase your productivity and enhance your browsing experience once you get acquainted with. It gives you the ability to use mouse (or touch pad) gestures for common actions such as going back, opening in a new tab, closing the tab and much more. You can even customize your own gestures.

As the name suggests it helps in downloading flash embedded videos from YouTube like sites. If you plan to use FlashBlock, you may need a different add-on for YouTube like Easy YouTube Video Downloader.

If you find something interesting while surfing the net and don’t have enough time to read it, you can put it in Pocket. It automatically syncs with your smartphone and tablet. Also you don’t require a connection to view it later, so that you may read at peace.

This is a protection extension which lets you monitor and block any trackers. You can see a list of trackers on the current webpage and block those which you want. Please leave the WordPress stats tracker unblocked on this page. It helps us to know more about our readers and provide better content. Combine Ghostery with NoScript and you’ve got the best combo of security.